GREYMOUTH NOTES.
(Fbom Our Owx C'orß^i^'DJS-nt ) GRKYAIOFiH," May 21
The demand for timber far exceeds (ho supply, although sawmillers are doing tbeir ntmost to keep pace with it At a meeti ~ig of the Sawmillers' Association it was decided to raise the price by 6d per 100 ft;, bringing the" price up to 7s. This it the third advance made within a few; months, but the increase ib justified by sawmillers on the plea of the extra length of haulage consequent upon timber convenient/ to the sawmills being exhausted. The continuation of tire Gvey Hokitika' railway to Ross is being advocated, on tl o West Coabt In Ins address at Hokitika tl c other day the Right Hon. Mr Seddon piomi^ed to bring the matter before Parliam3nc and urge the necessity of at once proceeding with the work. Public meetings have been, or are about to be. t-alied at various centres of population on the Coa?t to urge the commencement and prosecution of tlv> woik. I'he railway, if constructed, will tap a fina mining and timber country and the finest belt of jiabtoral land on U.e V» r ebt Coatt.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2463, 29 May 1901, Page 56
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